Residents in the Lake Claire, Candler Park, and Kirkwood neighborhoods discovered antisemitic and anti-transgender flyers on their sidewalks and driveways this past weekend.
It seemed for a time that 2023 could be the year the Georgia Legislature passed a bill defining antisemitism in state law, but familiar fault lines prevented the effort from crossing the finish line.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: As Sine Die looms over the Dome, legislators scramble to pass several high-profile bills. Gov. Brian Kemp supported a school choice measure that critics say would rob public schools of much-needed funds. Sports betting and expanded hate crime bills also saw a second life. We also discuss a tragic school shooting in Nashville.
The annual report says instances of harassment, assault and propaganda are all on the rise. It warns public officials and social media stars have helped normalize longstanding antisemitic tropes.
A bill that would define antisemitism in Georgia law has stalled after an unfriendly amendment in a Senate committee altered the measure Monday. The sponsors say a definition would help prosecutors and other officials identify hate crimes and illegal discrimination targeting Jewish people.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, is increasingly focused on combating antisemitism at home and abroad. He spoke to NPR about his historic role.
Both victims survived the shootings, which happened just blocks apart early Wednesday and Thursday. City officials say the incidents are being investigated as potential hate crimes.
A display alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory was projected onto the former hiding place of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl whose diary notes the persecution her people faced during World War II.
Rep. Esther Panitch (D - Sandy Springs) gave a powerful speech against antisemitism on the House floor on Day 13, after a hate group distributed antisemitic flyers in driveways in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs on Sunday morning — hers included.
Monday on Political Rewind:Republican legislators proposed bills that would make it easier to remove what they call "corrupt prosecutors" from district attorney's offices. Meanwhile, the DNC approved a new primary calendar that moves Georgia's earlier — though Gov. Brian Kemp previously said he wouldn't support the move.
Residents in a half-dozen subdivisions in Atlanta-area suburbs woke up Sunday morning to a slew of antisemitic flyers in their yards containing hateful tropes about the Jewish faith.
New Jersey officials are condemning the attempted arson attack as well as an unrelated "possible bias-motivated incident" at a church over the weekend. The state is no stranger to antisemitic threats.
Friday on Political Rewind: On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazi Party. But disturbingly, antisemitism is once again being mainstreamed in our politics. Our special panel explores Georgia's Jewish history, marked with both hope and violence.
Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. president or vice president, is in Poland and Germany to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and address rising antisemitism around the world.
